November 1st -- Chaplain Alexandra Zareth, from Einstein Medical Center, will speak about the effects of trauma exposure on chaplains and other healthcare providers.

December 6th -- Loice Swisher, MD, from Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, will speak about self-care, especially in light of how suicide may figure into the world of healthcare providers.

January 3rd, 2018 --To be announced.

February 7th, 2018 -- Andrew Newberg, MD, Director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College will present on "Neurotheology: Recent Research and Implications"

General Description of the Group:

Open to everyone from the community, the University, and the Health System

with Chris J. Antal, Clinical Staff Chaplain at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center (Philadelphia) and co-author of &quotMoral Injury, Soul Repair, and Creating a Place for Grace" [Religious Education 110, no. 4, pp. 382-394], available online from the Penn Law School.
[Presentation Slides Available (as PDF), along with a Song by and Interview with "Angelito" referenced in the slides (made available by special permission).]

RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY OF ICU SURVIVORS: THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF SPIRITUAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT

with Jason H. Maley, MD, Chief Medicine Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
[For a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, click HERE.]

"SAM AND THE PERFECT WORLD" --VISUAL ARTS AND LISTENING IN HEALTHCARE

with Barry Bub, MD, author of a commentary in Academic Medicine on the painting, "Sam and the Perfect World"

with Gordon Bermant, JD, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, and the Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania
[Slides, references, and psychosocial factors handouts available as PDFs.]

PASTORAL CARE IN REHABILITATION MEDICINE: A CHAPLAIN’S WORK AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

with Andrew B. Newberg, MD, Director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College

COPING WITH CHANGE: THEOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES

with Rev. Rhoda Toperzer, ACPE Supervisor, Clinical Pastoral Education Coordinator, Department of Pastoral Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

EBOLA AND CHAPLAINS' ROLES IN HOSPITAL PLANNING

with John Ehman, Chaplain, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center,
and Margaret Lynn B. Kobb, Chaplain Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

with Carol Chou, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Director of Clinical Coaching in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Penn

MEDICAL STUDENT CHAPLAIN SHADOWING: THE LEARNING GOES BOTH WAYS

with Horace DeLisser, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

with Caroline Peterson, MA, ATR-BC, LPC,
Licensed Professional Counselor and Board-Certified Art Therapist with the Joan Karnell
Supportive Care Programs at the Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital/Penn Medicine
[For a bibliography of sources from the presentation, click
HERE.]

SUICIDE STIGMA: WHAT HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CAREGIVERS NEED TO KNOW

with William Feigelman, PhD, and Beverly Feigelman, LCSW
[For the Feigelmans' PowerPoint presentation (as a PDF), click HERE.
The film After is available via Vimeo at http://vimeo.com/30819671.
For informatin about their book, Devastating Losses: How Parents Cope with the Death of a Child to Suicide or Drugs, see the
publisher's site.]

with Sarah Kagan, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor of Gerontological Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

DEVELOPMENT OF CASES FOR SPIRITUALITY EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED

with Horace DeLisser, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

THE SPIRITUAL BRAIN

with Andrew B. Newberg, MD, Director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine, and Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology,
at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College

THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF PERSONAL FAITH AND RELIGION IN THE LIVES OF GENETIC SERVICE PROVIDERS

with Barbara A. Bernhardt, MS, CGC, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Center for Integration of Genetic and
Healthcare Technologies (PennCIGHT).
[The PowerPoint presentation, along with an appended list of related publications, is available as a PDF by clicking HERE.]

with Carl R. Yusavitz, DMin, Director of Pastoral Services and CPE Supervisor at the Penn Foundation

THE VIRTUES OF THE NEW CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES

with Gordon Bermant, JD, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, and the Benjamin Franklin Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania
[Dr Bermant's slides will be posted here soon.]
[Dr. Bermant's presentation is available as a PDF by clicking HERE
Also, materials from the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies are available from the contemplativeresearch.org.]

COPING AND SPIRITUALITY IN PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

with Aimee K. Hildenbrand, BS, Clinical Research Assistant, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
and Meghan L. Marsac, PhD, Behavioral Researcher, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
[The presentation is available as a PDF by clicking HERE.]

PATIENT USE OF A PASTORAL IMAGES BOOKLET IN COPING WITH HOSPITALIZATION

with Florence Gelo, DMin, Associate Professor, Department of Family,
Community and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine

with John Hansen-Flaschen, MD, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Pulmonary,
Allergy, and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
[Dr. Hansen-Flaschen's video can be viewed via Vimeo
or YouTube.]

SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH: WHAT TWO PROVIDERS HAVE LEARNED IN WORKING WITH YOUTH AT RISK FOR HIV AND WITH HIV+ YOUTH

with Nadia Dowshen, MD, Director of Adolescent HIV Services at Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania,
and Mary R. Tanney, MSN, CRNP, MPH, AAHIVS, Nurse Practitioner, ATN Research Manager, Division of Adolescent
Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

WORKING WITH FAMILIES OF DEAF CHILDREN

with Donna Jo Napoli, PhD, Professor of Linguistics, Swarthmore College

VERBATIM ET LITERATIM: EXPLORING ETHICS IN NARRATIVES FROM THE BEDSIDE AND THE BOARDROOM

with DAVID PERLMAN, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Penn School of Nursing, and
Associate Fellow, Penn Center for Bioethics
[Dr. Perlman's PowerPoint, with a recreding of his introductory remarks, is available as a podcast from
www.bioethics.net.

THE SPIRITUALITY AND ETHICS UNDERLYING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010

with Thomas M. Knadig, EdD, a Templeton scholar in science and religion, who serves as an extern
chaplain with the University of Pennsylvania Health Care System, and co-author of
Health Care Ethics and the Law.
[Dr. Knadig's presentation materials are available as PDFs for download:
PowerPoint,
References (handout #1), and
Timeline (handout #2).]

JEWISH CHAPLAINCY, PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY, AND HEALTH CARE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF SPIRITUAL CARE

with Andrew Newberg, MD, Director of Research at the Myrna Brind Center for
Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College, and Adjunct Assistant
Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; author of
Principles of Neurotheology

THE FORGIVENESS PROJECT: CLINICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FORGIVENESS AND HEALING

with Gordon Bermant, JD, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Psychology, and the Benjamin
Franklin Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania; and past-president of the
Buddhist Churches of America
[Dr. Bermant's PowerPoint presentation is available as a PDF by clicking
HERE.]

BLESSINGS AND BATTLES: APPROACHES TO THE EXPERIENCE OF CANCER IN LATE LIFE

with Michael J. Baime, MD, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
and founder and Director of the Penn Program for Mindfulness
and Stress Management at the School of Medicine

SPIRITUALITY: A NURSE'S JOURNEY THROUGH PRACTICE AND RESEARCH

with Harleah G. Buck, PhD, RN, CHPN, Research Fellow, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence,
and NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
[Dr. Buck's PowerPoint presentation is available as a PDF by clicking
HERE.]

PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS: "INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE AS A REVELATORY EXPERIENCE"

with Chaplain Kava Schafer, MDiv, MA (Holistic Spirituality), participant in the Parliament
of the World's Religions, Melbourne, Australia, December 2009
[An abridged version of the PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

with Rabbi Robert Tabak, PhD, Staff Chaplain, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania;
Adjunct faculty, St. Joseph’s University and Cabrini College; Editor, RRA Connection (Reconstructionist
Rabbinical Association Newsletter); and Board of the National Association of Jewish Chaplains.

DISCUSSION OF A NEW ANTHOLOGY PROJECT ON RELIGION, DEATH, AND DYING IN AMERICA

PROVIDING PASTORAL CARE SERVICES TO A HOSPITAL THROUGH THE CPE MODEL:
A DIALOGUE ON EDUCATION AND PRACTICE

with Randy Shoun, Coordinator of Clinical Pastoral Education, UPHS

PROFESSIONALISM AND THE PRIVILEGE OF PRACTICE

with Jack Truten, PhD, Director, Professionalism Education, University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine

THE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS

with Solomon Katz, PhD, Director of the Krogman Center for Childhood Growth and Development at the
University of Pennsylvania, and Trustee with the Parliament of the World’s Religions

THOUGHTS ON PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRANSCENDENT

with Howard S. Baker, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Scott Jones, MDiv
[Slides from this presentation are available as a PDF by clicking HERE.]

VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND THOSE WHO CARE

with Linda O'Brien, RN, MA, founder and former President of ElderCare Ethics Associates,
chaplain for Holisticare Hospice, and adjunct chaplain at HUP.

FACING THE END OF LIFE AS A HOSPITAL PATIENT: SPIRITUAL CARE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES

with Sarah M. Whitman, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine, and authors of:
"Pain and Suffering as Viewed by the Hindu Religion,"
Journal of Pain 8(8):607-13. [Dr. Whitman's PowerPoint presentation is available
as a PDF by clicking HERE.]

THE RITE STUFF: ROSARY AT THE INTERSECTION OF RELIGION AND HEALTH

with Matthew Anastasi, BA, Chief Technologist at Penn's CLinical Research Center for Sleep, and
Research Assistant at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind; and Andrew Newberg, MD, Associate
Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry at Penn, and Director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind
--co-authors of "A Preliminary Study of the Acute Effects of Religious Ritual on Anxiety" [Journal
of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14, no. 2 (February 2008): 163-165].

SPIRITUALITY AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTENSION: A PROCESS OF PARTNERING WITH GOD

with Lisa M. Lewis, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Penn School of Nursing, Family and
Community Health Division, and the Center for Health Disparities Research.
[Dr. Lewis' PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

with David J. Hufford, PhD, University Professor Emeritus at Penn State and
the 2007-2008 Templeton Research Fellow with the University of Pennsylvania's Mind, Religion, and Ethics
in Dialogue lecture series

SPIRITUAL HEALING: RELATING THE HEALING TRADITIONS OF RELIGION AND MEDICINE

with David J. Hufford, PhD, University Professor Emeritus at Penn State and
the 2007-2008 Templeton Research Fellow with the University of Pennsylvania's Mind, Religion, and Ethics
in Dialogue lecture series

PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN LIVING WITH A LIFE-LIMITING ILLNESS

with Tammy I. Kang,
MD, Medical Director of the Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT) at Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia and co-author of "Psychosocial and Spiritual Needs of Children
Living with a Life-Limiting Illness" [Pediatric Clinics of North America
54, no. 5 (Oct 2007): 609-29],
and Dexter Lanctot, Chaplain, PACT
[A PDF file of the PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

AN OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

THE "EXPLOSION" OF INTEREST IN SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH: HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

with David J. Hufford, PhD, University Professor Emeritus at Penn State and
the 2007-2008 Templeton Research Fellow with the University of Pennsylvania's Mind, Religion, and Ethics
in Dialogue lecture series.

THE IMPACT OF SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND PRAYER ON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

with Christopher Lance Coleman, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC, ACRN, Assistant Professor of Nursing
at the University of Pennsylvania, and faculty for the Center for Health Disparities
Research and the Graduate Program in Public Health Studies.

THE SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESSES OF BAALEI TESHUVAH

with Roberta G. Sands, MSW, PhD, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of
Social Policy and Practice
[Professor Sands' PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

PRAYER AFTER STROKE, AND ITS RELATION TO QUALITY OF LIFE

with Gale Robinson-Smith, RN, PhD, College of Nursing at Villanova University

with Thomas B. Roberts, PhD, Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois
University, where he has taught Foundations of Psychedelic Studies since 1982. Dr. Roberts is
author of Psychoactive
Sacramentals: Essays on Entheogens and Religion and the recently published Psychedelic Horizons and is
co-author of the on-line resource, Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy (http://csp.org/chrestomathy).

REFLECTIONS ON SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PHYSICAL THERAPY RESEARCHER

with Andrew Newberg, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology and Psychiatry,
and Director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind, University of Pennsylvania.
[This program is sponsored by Penn's Center for Spirituality and the Mind.]

SHOULD THE ROLES OF PHYSICIAN AND CHAPLAIN BE FUSED? A PERSONAL REFLECTION.

with Robert M. Nelson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pediatrics,
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
[Dr. Nelson's PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

REFLECTIONS ON PENN'S SPIRITUALITY & MEDICINE SUMMER ELECTIVE COURSE IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

with Marvin E. Herring, MD, Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey, School of Medicine
[Dr. Herring's PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE. Any use of his
drawings or other material should be acknowledged to herrinmg@umdnj.edu.]

DISCUSSION OF "RELIGIOSITY IN A HEMODIALYSIS POPULATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP
TO SATISFACTION WITH MEDICAL CARE, SATISFACTION WITH LIFE, AND ADHERENCE" [
American Journal of Kidney Diseases 44, no. 3 (September 2004): 488-497]

with Elisheva Berman, MD, Psychiatry Resident, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine (New York City) and
Joshua H. Lipschutz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
[Dr. Berman's PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking
HERE.]

HEALING THE SOUL IN THE AGE OF THE BRAIN:
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CONSCIOUS

with Elio Frattaroli, MD, psychiatrist and physhoanalyst, and author of
Healing the Soul in the Age of the Brain
(www.eliofrattaroli.com)
and with a response by Andrew Newberg, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology
and Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania. [This event co-sponsored with
Mind, Religion, and Ethics in Dialogue --winner
of the Templeton Research Lectureship Program on the Constructive Dialogue between Science and
Religion]

WHEN THE FAMILY AND TREATMENT TEAM DISAGREE: CULTURAL, ETHICAL,
SPIRITUAL CONSIDERATIONS

REFLECTIONS ON HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY FROM AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

with Britt Dahlberg

IS SPIRITUALITY JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR POSITIVE EMOTIONS?

with George Vaillant, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,
Director of Research for the Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and
author of Aging Well and The Wisdom of the Ego. [This event co-sponsored with
Mind, Religion, and Ethics in Dialogue --winner
of the Templeton Research Lectureship Program on the Constructive Dialogue between Science and
Religion]

CONNECTION AND NON-LOCALITY IN SPIRITUALITY, MEDICINE, AND HOLISTIC HEALING

CONDUCTING SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENTS IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER SETTINGS: AN OVERVIEW
OF SIX QUALITATIVE SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS

with David R. Hodge, Ph.D., Post-doctoral fellow,
Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at Penn and author of
Spiritual Assessment: A Handbook for Helping Professionals

AN OPEN DISCUSSION ON BIOETHICS IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY, WITH RESPECT
TO RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL CONVICTIONS --LED BY A DOCTOR WHO DOES HOUSE CALLS

with Michael Moore, MD, HUP Department of Medicine Immunodeficiency Program

HEALING THE BODY, HEALING THE SOUL: CHALLENGES AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPIRITUALITY
AND MODERN HEALTH CARE

with Dina Greenberg, MLA

VALUES-BASED DECISION MAKING: A MODEL FOR CONVERSATIONS WITH PATIENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES

with Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD, Professor of Contemporary
Jewish Civilization at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and Director
of the Levin-Lieber Program in Jewish Ethics and the Center for Jewish Ethics.

HOW OUR PATIENTS PERCEIVE US: ROLE EXPECTATIONS FOR CHAPLAINS/CLINICIANS

FROM THE BANKS OF THE NILE TO THE STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA: MIDWIFERY AND THE TRADITION
OF SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

with William F. McCool, CNM, PhD, Director, Midwifery Graduate
Program of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
and Mamie Guidera, CNM, MSN, Faculty, Institute of Midwifery at Philadelphia University

SPIRITUALITY IN THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP: I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR YOU

with Carla M. Messikomer, PhD, President of The Acadia Institute, Exton PA